Max Scherzer shut down the San Diego Padres for five innings, Jeff McNeil and Francisco Lindor each laced a two-run double, and the Mets finally beat Yu Darvish on Monday night.
Eduardo Escobar added a sacrifice fly, and four relievers finished a two-hitter in the opener of a three-game series matching two of baseball's three biggest spenders.
The Padres pounded Scherzer for four homers and seven runs over 4 2/3 innings in Game 1 of the wild-card round last October as Darvish cruised to a 7-1 victory. New York went home for the winter, while the Padres made a run to the NL Championship Series before losing to Philadelphia.
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